Devon Paul
@devonp.bsky.social
Geek, politics junkie, lawyer. Everything is my own views, nothing to do with my employer. He/him.
War crime tourism. Monsters.
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
War crime tourism. Monsters.
This is ridiculous. A decision with no reasons given is just an arbitrary exercise of power and presumptively done for illegitimate reasons unless proven otherwise (say by giving comprehensible reasons).
Our policy has been not to comment on individual accounts. You end up having to litigate every case in public, and we don’t have the capacity for infinite debates in public.
Then there’s also the consequences such as the increased litigation and bad actors gaming your systems.
Then there’s also the consequences such as the increased litigation and bad actors gaming your systems.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is ridiculous. A decision with no reasons given is just an arbitrary exercise of power and presumptively done for illegitimate reasons unless proven otherwise (say by giving comprehensible reasons).
I'm so mad that every time there is a big aurora it is super cloudy here in Toronto. Snowing tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I'm so mad that every time there is a big aurora it is super cloudy here in Toronto. Snowing tonight.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thanks, antivaxxers, for making this country less safe for everyone. A hearty go fuck yourselves to you on this Monday.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks, antivaxxers, for making this country less safe for everyone. A hearty go fuck yourselves to you on this Monday.
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
The number of people desperately trying to excuse a liberal favourite for stepping in to let Trump starve kids is really something.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The number of people desperately trying to excuse a liberal favourite for stepping in to let Trump starve kids is really something.
In which apparently Justice Jackson thinks taking food out of the mouths of children is totally cool.
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In which apparently Justice Jackson thinks taking food out of the mouths of children is totally cool.
Watching juries in the United States exercise the power of nullification is a beautiful, beautiful, thing. A striking way for ordinary people to push back against an attempt to use the legal system to enact tyranny.
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Watching juries in the United States exercise the power of nullification is a beautiful, beautiful, thing. A striking way for ordinary people to push back against an attempt to use the legal system to enact tyranny.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Intriguing. I had always just assumed that it was like pepper spray, and came from or had something to do with the spice Mace, but it seems not.
He hit upon a clever name for it, and called it "Chemical Mace" , naming it after the medieval club-like weapon.
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Intriguing. I had always just assumed that it was like pepper spray, and came from or had something to do with the spice Mace, but it seems not.
The bragging that Trump is going to do about winning the "FIFA Peace Prize" is going to have the exact same energy as a kid bragging about getting a "mom's favourite little guy" prize but with the overpowering stench of corruption.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The bragging that Trump is going to do about winning the "FIFA Peace Prize" is going to have the exact same energy as a kid bragging about getting a "mom's favourite little guy" prize but with the overpowering stench of corruption.
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
What a demonstration of how pervasive a problem street sexual assault and harassment is if it even happens to the President of Mexico.
Man gropes Mexico president as she speaks with citizens on the streets
Video shows man trying to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting both security risk and harassment faced by Mexican women
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What a demonstration of how pervasive a problem street sexual assault and harassment is if it even happens to the President of Mexico.
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Honestly Mamdani should just send Schumer to voicemail.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Honestly Mamdani should just send Schumer to voicemail.
Good things can happen!
DecisionDeskHQ has already heard enough and projects Mamdani as the winner! (I'm going to keep holding my breath and watch the returns come in.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Good things can happen!
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The Grim Reaper demands that Dick Cheney apologize for getting in the way of his scythe
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Grim Reaper demands that Dick Cheney apologize for getting in the way of his scythe
The only bad things about Dick Cheney's death are 1) that it didn't happen a long time ago and 2) that it didn't happen in a prison cell in The Hague.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The only bad things about Dick Cheney's death are 1) that it didn't happen a long time ago and 2) that it didn't happen in a prison cell in The Hague.
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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Yet another scandal unprecedented in American history.
Either Trump is senile and doesn’t recall issuing the pardon or a staffer issued it without Trump’s knowledge. Doesn’t matter which. Both are reason enough to remove him from office.
Either Trump is senile and doesn’t recall issuing the pardon or a staffer issued it without Trump’s knowledge. Doesn’t matter which. Both are reason enough to remove him from office.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yet another scandal unprecedented in American history.
Either Trump is senile and doesn’t recall issuing the pardon or a staffer issued it without Trump’s knowledge. Doesn’t matter which. Both are reason enough to remove him from office.
Either Trump is senile and doesn’t recall issuing the pardon or a staffer issued it without Trump’s knowledge. Doesn’t matter which. Both are reason enough to remove him from office.